Brother!
Takeo! Hurry! Hurry!
Driver—
Takeo, watch out!
Takeo...
Takeo!
Brother!
Did that really happen?
He blocked the bus door with a soccer ball?
You'd need some real good ball control to time it right.
Tsuji, are you making this up?
If I were, I'd make it more interesting.
So, we were supposed to have a short-term exchange student from Italy today.
Italy!
But we can't find him...
Whaup, guys?
I'm right here!
I've come all the way from Giugliano in Campania, Italy, to hang out with you guys!
I'm Andrea Antonio!
Nice ta meet you all!
My mom's from Osaka or, well, Japan!
Meaning my Japanese skills are sharp! On point...
Hey, who you callin' dull? I mean, just fine!
He's the one I just...
Oh, I just saw you!
You should've told me we're in the same class!
I went to the elementary school!
I didn't know you were coming to Kakegawa.
Why not? I'm wearing the uniform...
I guess I'm not!
I'm so silly.
Great work, Kamiya!
You've rebuilt the soccer team in just one month!
Please use the skills you learned at the world level to train the students!
We might produce another player who can perform at that level!
The world level...
So, we have a short-term exchange student
from Italy who wants to join the soccer team.
Aww. They don't have takoyaki or okonomiyaki!
What a disappointment.
Not many cafeterias do...
This is great!
It's as good as the real Italian thing!
No, they don't serve that in Italy.
Naporitan is a pasta only found in Japan.
W-What?
My mom made it for me all the time, so I thought it was a dish they made in Naples!
Right, Hitode?
My name's Hideto.
That's right.
Right, Hitode?
He's doing it deliberately.
He sure is.
So, what position do you play?
You're on the soccer team, right?
How do you know?
Call it an Italian's intuition!
I heard you're really good!
I'd love to see you shoot.
You play too, Jon and Suberu?
My name's Jo!
And I'm Subaru!
And I'm Andrea!
We know!
I'm not too bad at soccer.
I heard what happened at the bus stop. So he's the guy, huh?
He's been like that all day.
He doesn't really look like a great shooter to me.
No, look at his legs.
You're amazing, Andrea.
What are you looking at?
Hitode, are you coming onto me?
No!
And it's Hideto, okay?
That said...
This is pretty normal, right?
You sure?
Coach!
Coach?
I'm Andrea Antonio, a short-term exchange student!
I've come to join the Kakegawa High soccer team!
Thank you for having me.
Double A. It's been a long time.
What's this? What's this?
You're glaring at me with a scary look on your face.
I thought you'd totally forgotten me. But you remember after all, huh?
Atsushi!
Atsushi?
Atsushi?!
No, your hair changed and you got taller.
Don't treat me like a kid forever!
Is Sergio doing well?
Sure is.
After what happened, is Sergio...
Do you know him, Coach Kamiya?
Yes.
When Atsushi was living in Italy, he taught me soccer.
Coach taught you when he was in Italy?
That would explain why he's good.
Coach, would you like him to be a starter for one of the teams in today's scrimmage?
No, we'll begin with the teams I announced yesterday.
Kurokawa, go for it!
Kazama!
A fake-out?
Tsuji's doing a good job keeping an eye on the whole field.
Nice, nice! Way to keep the ball moving!
Looking good!
Tsuji!
Oh my! So close, Jon!
Me? Why?
Tsuji was the one who got blocked!
No, you can't blame it all on one person!
You're not keeping up with him!
We're not?
That's right.
Even in Italy, not many people can move like that.
Go!
Kazama, mark!
Show me the soccer of Kamiya, the world-level player!
Kamiya, we might produce another player who can perform at that level!
The world level...
You okay, Tatsunami?
I'm fine.
Okay, we're swapping you out.
Double A, you're in.
Finally!
Sorry to keep ya waiting!
Here we go!
Get him!
Andrea!
You're just ignoring the voices of your teammates?
Andrea!
Pass the ball!
You're no fun.
You're making me cry.
But...
I'm a very polite player, you know!
You're mine!
You're mine. You're mine.
We'll start with one point!
Coach, wasn't what Andrea just did a foul?
No, in Europe that's normal.
That * just messing around on the field...
He's amazing.
That last play.
Both Jo and I were knocked off guard for an instant, and then he just sped away.
You *!
That's a foul for Double A.
Why?
Cut that crap out! We're playing soccer here!
Of course we are!
You little...
Coach, he's definitely going too far.
Oh my. My own team's saying it now.
Double A, dial it back a bit.
So you're stopping me?
Stop laughing!
This is...
Japan, right?
And that's why, right? Huh?
Gotcha!
Oh my! I'm popular!
Fine...
We're done.
Nice play!
* you!
Nice play, my *!
Jon, you never stop barking, do you?
Go to your cage!
I'm not a dog!
And it's Jo!
Line up.
This is bullshit!
That Osaka *! What he's doing ain't soccer!
Where's Andrea?
He's out on the field by himself.
He probably feels awkward.
He doesn't have the right to come into the locker room.
He's not playing soccer, he's brawling!
Really?
When you and I rammed him at the end,
he smiled and said, "Nice play," right?
Yeah. If he was here to fight, he'd hit back or yell at us.
And Coach Kamiya would stop him.
That's what I don't like!
Why doesn't the coach shut him down?
Maybe he's blackmailing him?
He's got dirt on him throwing a game?
Hey! Coach Kamiya would never do that!
If I remember right, Coach quit his team after an own goal, right?
Yeah. At the Champions League finals.
His team tried their best to stop him,
but he didn't make any excuses and retired after he quit, right?
The team and the fans were all disappointed,
but they all had a ton of respect for his decision to take responsibility and retire!
But some of the nasty media said it was suspicious how quick he was to retire.
So, maybe he threw the game and Andrea knows!
He did not cheat!
Okay, so what's he blackmailing him with?
What do you mean?
You were the one who said it!
Maybe he's secretly the coach's kid?
And Andrea's threatening to tell the media?
That dumb*!
I'm pretty sure he came to destroy our soccer team, right?
Jo, are you still talking about that?
Yeah. I stayed up all night thinking about it!
You didn't sleep? You need to sleep!
Destroy us? Why?
Because...
He wants revenge on Coach Kamiya!
If he really is secretly Coach's kid, he may hate him...
Why go after the soccer team?
To bring shame to Coach's name!
Kazama.
If he destroyed us right now, would that bring any shame to Coach?
Mornin'!
There he is.
Can't wait to play more soccer today!
You're really good!
The best in Japan!
Hitode, beautiful soccer!
This is the world-level player Kamiya's team, huh?
Everybody's a mess after this week.
The first-years are getting violent when they play, too.
We're gonna have too many injured to play at this rate!
He's still on the field, right?
Jo!
I was thinking you weren't going to show.
You're finally here, Atsushi.
Double A, you seem like you want to say something to me.
Lots of things I want to say, actually!
But they aren't the kinds of things we'd discuss at a café or park, right?
Okay. Let's hear it.
What's wrong, Double A?!
Double A!
You're letting your brother take the ball from you!
Double A, you're a good soccer player.
You have the sense for it.
But you're not rough enough.
You need to be obsessed with the ball!
Bite into it like your brother does!
Sergio.
Your obsession with the ball is the right way to play.
Have faith in yourself.
Thanks.
Atsushi, stay in Italy! Keep teaching us soccer!
I want to go back to Japan
and teach the kids of Japan
how to play soccer against the world.
In Japan?
Yeah. There's something big missing from Japan's soccer right now.
You guys have it.
And I want to teach it to them.
Double A!
Your play style's changed a lot!
This is how you taught me to play!
The coach is playing so rough...
Why?
Why did you come back to Japan, Atsushi?!
Sergio!
Brother!
He'll never play again?
Atsushi, where are you?
The game's starting!
I'm the one who told him to bite into the ball...
What just happened?! Kamiya scored an own goal!
Sergio! Sergio!
Atsushi, we moved right after that because of my dad's job!
It wasn't your fault!
But... maybe the reason I left without saying anything to you
was that, somewhere in my heart, I was angry at you.
I really regretted it... so did my brother!
When we found out you'd retired and gone back to Japan...
We asked ourselves why we just disappeared without telling you!
Mom told me to go see you.
I looked for you, too.
I thought so many times about apologizing online!
But that would've been wrong!
If I was going to apologize to you, I needed to do it personally!
It's not your fault! It's not your fault, Atsushi!
I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
Brother's studying as hard as he can to be an athletic trainer.
He wants to get a job helping injured athletes!
Sergio...!
He's moving forward. So am I!
You understand, right?
Yeah. You're not holding back when you play anymore.
You've gotten stronger. Stronger...
That's why you need to move on, too! And not give up!
Don't give up on your dream!
My dream?
That's right!
My dream...
Hitode, Jon, Suberu!
Counterattack!
Show me what you've got!
I'm never giving up!
If you lose the ball, steal it back!
Even if you have to foul to do it!
Tsuji, shoot!
Go with Double A!
When you've got the ball, act like everyone in the stands is watching you!
And... go as far as you can!
Get the ball as close to the goal as you can!
Hitode!
It went in!
You...!
Why can't you shoot like that all the time? Huh?
W-Well, it just kinda happened...
Nice, Hitode!
You were in a good position, right?
Position?
Jon, Suberu! Get to work!
Wait a second! Tell me what you mean!
Nope! Figure it out yourself!
Why?
You might be my opponents someday. I'm not gonna tell you!
Opponents?
Oh, I've been chosen to represent Italy.
What?
Represent Italy?
For the juniors, of course.
But I thought I had to see Atsushi first.
I see, Double A. You're fighting at the world level, then.
Hitode, guys, I'll be waiting for you!
See you next time at the world level!
Us? At the world level?
Well, I never thought about going that far...
Since like...
Don't be silly! You've got the best coach possible!
World-level player Atsushi Kamiya!
See you on the world stage!
Ciao!
Ciao?
That's the first time he's spoken like an Italian.
Aim for...
The world!
Yeah!
Thank you, Atsushi.
I love 'em!